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X-WR-CALDESC:18 April 1943: Shootdown of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto by U.S. f
 orces. \n\nOn 18 April 1943\, US forces shot down the aircraft carrying th
 e Commander-in-Chief of the combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy\,
  Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Cryptanalysis played a key role in this event. 
 US Navy cryptanalysts had solved the Japanese fleet code\, JN-25\, in the 
 spring of 1942. They were privy to many of the subsequent messages sent by
  the Japanese high command. Included in those messages was the exact itine
 rary of Yamamoto's planned inspection trip throughout the South Pacific. I
 t stated not only the departure and arrival times at various islands of th
 e Solomon Islands and New Guinea\, but also the type and number of his esc
 ort planes. With this advance knowledge\, US Army Air Force planes interce
 pted the Japanese bomber carrying the admiral. All six escort planes and t
 he two bombers were shot down. \n\n'Admiral Yamamoto\, commander of the Im
 perial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet\, was the Harvard-educated\, poker-p
 laying mastermind of the December 7\, 1941\, attack. Navy code-breakers ha
 d intercepted Japanese radio traffic indicating that the admiral\, known f
 or his fanatical punctuality\, would fly over Bougainville Island early th
 e next morning\, April 18\, 1943—coincidentally the first anniversary of t
 he Doolittle Raid. The newly appointed air commander in the Solomons\, Rea
 r Adm. Marc A. Mitscher\, who had captained the carrier Hornet on the Dool
 ittle mission\, now saw the chance for another long-range surprise attack\
 , this time with the 339th's Lockheed P-38G Lightning fighters.' (From His
 tory.net - Death by P38)  \n\nImage info:  A P-38G Lightning of the 339th 
 Squadron\, 347th Fighter Group\, shoots down a G4M1 bomber carrying Pearl 
 Harbor mastermind Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on April 18\, 1943. (c. Jack Fe
 llows\, ASAA)
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DESCRIPTION:18 April 1943: Shootdown of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto by U.S. fo
 rces. \n\nOn 18 April 1943\, US forces shot down the aircraft carrying the
  Commander-in-Chief of the combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy\, 
 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Cryptanalysis played a key role in this event. U
 S Navy cryptanalysts had solved the Japanese fleet code\, JN-25\, in the s
 pring of 1942. They were privy to many of the subsequent messages sent by 
 the Japanese high command. Included in those messages was the exact itiner
 ary of Yamamoto's planned inspection trip throughout the South Pacific. It
  stated not only the departure and arrival times at various islands of the
  Solomon Islands and New Guinea\, but also the type and number of his esco
 rt planes. With this advance knowledge\, US Army Air Force planes intercep
 ted the Japanese bomber carrying the admiral. All six escort planes and th
 e two bombers were shot down. \n\n'Admiral Yamamoto\, commander of the Imp
 erial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet\, was the Harvard-educated\, poker-pl
 aying mastermind of the December 7\, 1941\, attack. Navy code-breakers had
  intercepted Japanese radio traffic indicating that the admiral\, known fo
 r his fanatical punctuality\, would fly over Bougainville Island early the
  next morning\, April 18\, 1943—coincidentally the first anniversary of th
 e Doolittle Raid. The newly appointed air commander in the Solomons\, Rear
  Adm. Marc A. Mitscher\, who had captained the carrier Hornet on the Dooli
 ttle mission\, now saw the chance for another long-range surprise attack\,
  this time with the 339th's Lockheed P-38G Lightning fighters.' (From Hist
 ory.net - Death by P38)  \n\nImage info:  A P-38G Lightning of the 339th S
 quadron\, 347th Fighter Group\, shoots down a G4M1 bomber carrying Pearl H
 arbor mastermind Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto on April 18\, 1943. (c. Jack Fel
 lows\, ASAA)
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SUMMARY:1943: Shootdown of Admiral Yamamoto.
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